1978 VFL Season Round 22: North Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1978 between North Melbourne and South Melbourne during round twenty-two of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. In the absence of Keith Greig, deputy vice-captain Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

North Melbourne (16.15.111) defeated South Melbourne (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: North Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 September 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 15,607

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 16.15.111 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 7 7 . 11 10 . 12 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
South Melbourne 3 . 7 4 . 10 9 . 12 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin SMLB by 6 NMLB by 19 NMLB by 6 NMLB by 24 NMLB by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch (acting)
Coach: Ron Barassi

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 2 0 1 3
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 2 3 23 18 5 9 1 2 1
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 1 0 1 1
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 2 2 17 12 5 6 0 2 4
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 3 26 13 13 4 0 3 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 1 5
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 6 1
14 Davis, Craig ? ? 4 0 6 5 1 4 0 1 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 2 2 1
18 Good, Kerry ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 1
10 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 1 5
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 9 11 1 0
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 2 20 15 5 6 12 1 4
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 2 29 20 9 6 0 3 2
24 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 2
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 13 1 3
38 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 0 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (ac) ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 1
46 Smith, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 0 4
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 2 5
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 15 286 194 92 72 39 33 47

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 3 3
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 2 0 3 0
23 Campbell, Russell ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 4 0 3 0
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 1
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 2 1 4 3 1 2 1 1 2
27 James, Max ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 3 4 3 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 4 3
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 1 1 24 16 8 2 0 2 1
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 4 5 18 15 3 5 0 3 1
1 Murphy, John ? ? 3 1 23 20 3 3 0 4 0
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 6 0 1 3
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 3
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 6 2 2 6
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 0 1
28 Smith, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 1
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 8 19 5 4
40 Wright, Michael ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 1 0 3 2
14 Young, David ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 3 1
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 6 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 15 279 199 80 62 26 46 33

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s